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Leiters Patent No. 81,754, dated September 1; 1868.

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v Be it known that I, PINDAR FVCOOLEY, of the town of Pittsfield, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Mode of I-Ianging, Holding, and Preserving Whips; and I do hereby declare that the following is n full and exact description thereof, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings,'and the letters of reference marked thereon, in which-4 Figure 1 represents a perspective view.

Figure 2 is a vertical view of a section showing whips in the notches.

Figure 8 is a cross-section ofrim through notches, with whips inserted.

The nature of my invention consists in thisz- I form of wood or metal (castor struck) a. circular, oval, square, or other form rim, from three to four inches wide, (according to the nature of the material used,) and into this rim, from either or both edges, I provide V-shaped notches to a depth, in to the rim, varying from one to one and a halt` inch. Thc upper surfaceline ofthe rim, commencing at the inner and the outer edges, curves down until past the termination'of the notches, when they meet in the centre of the rim. rIheouter circumference of the rim may vary from'twelve inches to six feet, according to the capacity desired for. holding whips.

This notched rim is furnished; on its upper surface, with three or more eyes, to receive a corresponding number of supporting-rods or chains. The saidI rods or chains connect into a Vcommon swivel, provided with an eyc.or link, by which the whole is suspended ,from the ceilingby a hook, or byarcrane from the wall.

To putin place and suspend whips as intended, their snappers are placed into the notches, and pressed -slightly towards the centre of ythc rim, and drawn down; and when this. action is being performed, the 'curviform-surface line'of the rim at the notches tends to draw the whip tighter into the notches, thus dispensing with extraordinary'care and attention while hanging the whips. And with this eurviform-surface line,

three and four whips (the smaller-sized placed in first) can be suspended from one notch, which it would be impossible to do with a hat-surface line. v i

Ilhe advantages .of my invention are these; First, in a smc-ll yspace, say the area of a space of only eighteen inches diameter,from eighty to two hundred whips may hejsuspended, without one whip interfering with the others.

Second, though the *whips suspended may be many in number, they may be arranged and lotted according to price-list, and theirscveral grades preserved distinct by the same whip-suspender.

Third, the curviforrn upper-suri`aec line not only aids a person to tixV the whip in its,notch, but aids its removal by the peculiarity of that line. A i Fourth, suspendedploft, and revolving by means of the swivel, whips'on any side, and of any grade,.may be presented for inspection instantly. l

Fifth, whips sosuspended cannot be bent when thusheld, and it' bent when out, will tend to straighten by their weight when again suspended.

To enable thtiseskilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and' opeaittion, by reference to the drawings forming apart of' this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, the same letters referring te like parts.

A A, figs. L1, 2, and 3, represent a. rim' constructed of wood or metal', in a. circular,`squar'e, oval, or other Y form. The upper-surface line of this rino is curviform from both the outer and inner edges, as shownin g. -2,

Y-by gg. This rim, A, is made of such .width as to admit having cut into it, from both its outer and inner edges,

V-sliaped notches n n n, to a depth varying from one to one and a halt inch, and yet leave suiiicient material between the notches to insure strength. l l

At suitable points on the upper side oi' the rimv are placed eyes, e e e, from which start the suspending-rods o o o, or their equivalents, which rods or chains connect in a common swivel, c, provided with an ordinary eye or link, by which the whole is suspended from a hook fastened into the ceiling, or from a. crane starting out from the wall. y

When the whips are to be suspcnded or held, their shoppers, s s s, are placed and drawn into the notches -n yn 11., as shown in figs. 2 and 8, from which notches .the whips will become pendent when left to themselves.

When two o1' more whips are to he suspended from the seine notch, as shown in figs. 2 and 5, the smallersized snappers are inserted rst, as s, which is'followed by the larger, s s".

Having described my invention," I do not claim the notch n of itself; but

What I claim, end'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The notch n with the upper cui'viform-surface line g, substantially es and for the purpose set forth and described.

2. The rim A, constructed circular, square, oval, or any othex` form, provided with the notches u n n, as described, and the supporting-rods o o o, or their equivalents, and all in combination with the swivel C, as and for the purpose set forth and described.

PINDAR F. COOLEY.

Witnesses W. REID, ALEX. SnLKmK. 

